Archive for 2014

A fire at a vegetable processing plant in eastern China has killed at least 18 people, state media report.
The fire broke out at the Longyuan food facility in the city of Shouguang, Shandong province, on Sunday evening, injuring 13 other factory work...

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is closing its Dumfries control room, part of nationwide moves to reduce the total number from eight to three.
The move, which affects 16 staff, was agreed earlier this year.
It follows the loss of the police cont...

An Angus primary school was evacuated after a fire broke out in the changing rooms.
Staff and pupils were rushed from Andover Primary in Brechin after the alarm was raised at about 13:20.
Fire crews wearing breathing apparatus moved in to extinguish ...

A man has died following a house fire in Londonderry.
The fire in Upper Bennett Street was reported to police shortly after 08:00 GMT on Sunday.
The emergency services were called to the house but the man was found dead at the scene. He was in his 40...

The body of a 26-year-old man has been found at a house in Gwynedd after a fire.
The emergency services were called to a house in Pennal, near Machynlleth, at 10:15 GMT on Sunday after the body was discovered.
Officers confirmed there had been a fire...

A supermarket in Birmingham was evacuated after a fire broke out in one of the solar panels on its roof, the fire service said.
West Midlands Fire Service said it was called to Sainsbury's on Longbridge Lane at midday.
Four crews tackled a "severe fi...

One person has been taken to hospital with serious injuries and five others were rescued from a burning building in Hull.
Emergency services were called to Spring Bank just after 08:15 GMT.
Three staff members were rescued from Jack's News and two ...

An inquiry is being set up into claims of an "intimidatory culture" at Essex Fire Service.
The Essex Fire Authority launched the "root and branch" investigation after recent incidents which "threatened the excellent, professional reputation" of the s...

More than 50 school children have been tested for carbon monoxide poisoning and smoke inhalation after a coach fire.
The children and several adults were on a school trip to Warwick Castle and on the M42 when the ambulance service was called at about...

Fire brigade response times have increased in more than half of London's wards, figures have revealed.
London Fire Brigade (LFB) has to respond within six minutes and said its response times were "on target".
But Labour's London Assembly members sa...